February 16 and 17, 2019 Heavy Snow Across Southwest North Dakota

Overview

An intense, and narrow band of heavy snow impacted southwest North Dakota beginning Saturday afternoon, February 16th, 2019. Snowfall continued into Sunday, February, 17th, although the intensity of the snow did decrease. Near zero visibility in falling snow with impressive snowfall rates of 1-2" per hour were observed.

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Satellite

GOESEast Infrared Band 13 loop of the band of heavy snow Saturday 2/16

Photos


NDDOT Bowman and Marmarth Webcams and ND ARB Bowman Radar Saturday afternoon 2/16	Heavy snow north of Bowman Saturday afternoon 2/16	15N Marmarth (source: Nikki Brown)	Bowman Saturday Night 2/16


20SE Beach	20SE Beach	"Snow Marshmallow" 20SE Beach	Beach	Fryburg


Bowman County	10SW New England	Hwy 3 North Of Grenora (source: Maria Bodnar Madsen)

Storm Reports

Observations


Noon CST 2/16/19 Observations	3 PM CST 2/16/19 Observations	6 PM CST 2/16/19 Observations	9 PM CST 2/16/19 Observations


6 AM CST 2/16/19 Rapid City sounding featuring very steep lapse rates	6 PM CST 2/16/19 Rapid City sounding continuing to feature very steep lapse rates supporting intense banding of heavy snow in southwest North Dakota.

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